General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
BENAZIR BHUTTOWhatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.
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Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas.
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So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.
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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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We learned at an early age that it was men’s interpretation of our religion that restricted women’s opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam in fact had been quite progressive toward women from its inception.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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Democracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto’s death, her son’s brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, “My mother always said, ‘ Democracy is the best revenge.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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